More than 1 inch falls today at Midland Airpark

Midland Reporter-Telegram

Published 10:53 am, Sunday, September 21, 2014

The remnants from Hurricane Odile continued to saturate the Permian Basin Sunday, and no area inside the Texas portion of the Basin, according to the National Weather Service, is getting more rain than Midland.

More than 1 inch of rain has fallen since midnight at Midland Airpark, the NWS reported. The amount tops figures in Andrews County (.83 of an inch), Big Spring (.6) and Gaines County (0.49). It is a far contrast to the NWS office at Midland International, where 0.02 inches is reported today and it hasn’t rained since 5 a.m.

Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist with the NWS, said there are times when an area will experience localized rain and patches of heavy rain and a couple miles outside of that area, there will be light to moderate rain.

“That is what is happening over Midland right now,” Ahasic said. “There is a band of moderate rain trending over Midland, and here, at the airport, we are off to the edge of it,” Ahasic said.

Ahasic expect showers at Midland International before the day is finished.